Im dead.
Alfred looks left and right. "They are coming now, listen Thomas" he gets down infront of me "we can differentiate the 'powers' in three categories, for now you just need to know the first two, the first one enhance what you already have, your body and senses for example, the second one is a unique ability, projection of the soul" he says accelerating on his words. I look up. Why are you telling me this? "Everyone has a different ability that represent the soul, but not everyone can access it, and most of the time the activation is used with the hands, so be careful, if one of them or both have the projection of the soul you have to look at their hands, you will know when they use their powers" he grabs my shoulder "do you understand?"
"Yes" i spit out. So that the chances for you to escape become higher?
Boom.
A defening sound comes from behind, the sunlight uncovers all the room.
I turn around, two men are standing infront the broken door.
One of them is smaller with a face that looks like a rat, with receding black hair, brown eyes, teeth missing out all over his mouth and dressed with a gray coat and brown trousers, the other is the opposite, a big guy tall almost two meters with short brown hair, brown eyes, a scar on his left eye and only with a white shirt and black trousers.
"No where to hide anymore eh" the guy with the rat face says getting closer.
Alfred gets up and takes a few steps back.
"You, stop, don't move another muscle" the tall man says pointing at Alfred.
It's real, they are really here.
I stay on my knees, looking at them.
"Why you kept following us and how did you know all our routes?" Alfred says trying to hide fear in his voice.
I look at him with disgust. And you should be the one watching over me, you should be one of the best in this business?
To hell everyone, i will not die because of this specimen.
"Eh we are prepared, on the reason why we are here..." He rolls his eyes until he lands on me.
Alfred gives me a quick glance and then says "You want him, right?"
"That's right" the rat man says with hands in his pocket while getting closer to me.
"Take him, it's all yours" he puts his hands up.
Go to hell piece of shit! I will not die here.
I bounce up and swing to the rat guy.
He pulls his hand out and close his fingers. The hand....
I stop in mid motion, i inale but nothing comes inside. My chest starts burning.
I... Can't... Breath...
I fall onto the ground.
He releases his hand and the air fills my lungs.
I gasp for air, grabbing at my chest.
"Are you sure rak, showing it like this?" The tall gets close to the rat man.
"Shut up, what they can do? Grab the kid."
He slaps the tall man back.
The tall man gets close to me and picks me up without problem and puts me in his shoulder.
My breathing starts to return to normal.
Again... Again im useless...
"We will take the kid with us if that's not a problem" the rat man points outside with his thumb.
"Do as you please, i will not interfere or talk, i swear" Alfred says.
"You swear? Swear on the path god and the first messanger" the rat man shows his missing teeth with a devious smile.
The sound of the rain falling fills the room.
A fire burns in my chest, this time not because of the missing air. What are you smiling for?
Alfred hesitates for a moment "I can't do that"
"Well" he looks at the tall guy then at Alfred and puts his hand up "then you can go to your god"
Alfred lowers slightly his legs and the rat man opens his palm. Now or never! I jump out of the shoulder of the tall man and leap at the rat man. The tall man blocks my arms from behind, a few centimeters away from the rat man. "What are you doing, stay down" he says mockingly. So fast...
The rat man looks at me "you stay the-" i clamp my teeth on his ear and tore it away "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH" he falls down and holds with his handswhere i bit down, the blood flowing all over the place.
"How dare you!" The tall man starts pressing his hands on my arms, slowly breaking my bones. The ear falls from my mouth with the blood dropping too.
"AHHHH" i yell in pain. CRACK. They are about to brake, stop. THUMP. my arms get free, i look at my right and the tall guy is on the ground, blood flowing from the side of his head, on top Alfred, he turns around with his fist full of blood and smiles at me "good job kid"
"Wha-" i look at him in the eyes. He was faking it. "If you were so strong why didn't you do it before?"
"I was testing you" he looks at the rat man in pain "and also if i fought head on i would have not been able to get both of them alive."
He goes towards the rat man and kicks him in the head. He falls unconscious with his head still bleeding out.
I don't speak. The taste of iron fills my mouth. Was i the one to do it? It was really me? I bit...
I get to my knees and vomit on the floor.
THUD.
I look up and see other people coming from out of the door. Other enemies?
"It seems you didn't need our help brother" the one to speak is a man with grayish-blonde hair, on his twenties, a sharp nose, very skinny with a red tunic and on top a sleeveless brown surcoat. He has a leather belt with small pouches.
"Now i can say i didn't" Alfred says while checking inside the tall man clothes.
The other man, with short blonde hair, brown eyes, a mole on the left of his nose and a body full of muscles, looks at me. He is an imposing figure.
"Hey Tomh long time no see" he says waiving his hand while walking forward.
"Idiot did you forget he lost his memory?"
The skinny guy says while going towards Alfred.
The muscular guy slaps his forehead "yes i almost forgot Symon, it's like i was the one that lost his memories" he looks side ways to the skinny guy waiting for him to laugh.
"What? It's not funny, im not gonna laugh" he says while getting down and looking at the body of the tall man.
"Damn Tomh you are an animal" he gets down and looks at me in the eyes "with your teeth?"
I look in disbelief to the whole scene. What is going on? Who are this people?
"Leave him alone for the time being, he is still under shock, take care of this two guys, i will take care of Tomh"
Symon gets up and puts the body of the tall man in his shoulders like it's nothing "let's go brother, we have work to do"
"Alright" he picks the body of the rat man "my name is Leon by the way, let's hang out in the next few days" he says to me while leaving with the body in his shoulders.
I sit down and put my arms on my knees.
Phew. I exale and calm myself down. My arms burning.
"Are you okay Tomh?" He says while sitting in front of me.
I touch my forehead "i think so, it dosen't seem real, it's like i wasn't the one to do it."
"It's normal" he puts his hood up "im sorry about before, in reality i already sent a message to our people but i couldn't risk telling them and I didn't know if they could hear so i had to lie to you, also i wanted to test you, it wasn't as i intended"
"I get it, im not mad" i put my head down "you did the right thing, it's just... Too much right now" Alfred doesn't respond me. The wind blowing againts my face. I hate this silence. "So that Symon guy is your brother?"
"Nono, he calls everybody like that" he gets up and looks as the broken door "we did a mess, you go rest upstairs, i will fix this and then we can continue"
My arms ache from the stritolation.
I get up and leave the room, on my left there are some stairs, infront a closed door.
I follow the stairs, as i go up a room appears, i enter, inside it a small bed on the floor and on the right a table with ink and unfinished letters.
I thorw myself in the bed.
The blood dried up on my face.
I will have to do this again?
I exhale.